Embroidery-machine fabric holder



May 5, 1925.

C. MEYER EMBROIDERY MACHINE FABRIC HOLDER Filed Jan. 12, 1922 INVENTOR. GawaZJ/Vger ATTORNEY.5

Patented May 5, 1925..

UNlTED STATES I 1,536,447 PATENT OFFICE.

OSVVALD MEYER, OF GARLSTADT, NEVI JERSEY; KATHERINE MEYER ADMINISTRA- TRIX OF SAID OSWALD MEYER, DECEASED.

EMBROIDERY-MACHINE FABRIC HOLDER.

Application filed January 12, 1922. Serial No. 528,743.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSWALD MEYER, a c1t1- zen of the United States, and resident of Carlstadt, in the county of Bergen and State I of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery- Machine Fabric Holders, of which the following is a specification. V

The principal object of this invention is to improve upon the fabric holders intended for use with embroidery machines disclosed in my prior Patents 1,101,138 and 1,205,468 granted June 23, 191 1 and Nov. 21, 1916, respectively.

Another object is to provide a fabric holder of this character with a movable clamping member especially designed to engage and hold a seamless stocking while it is being machine embroidered but which can also be used for holding other articles such as handkerchiefs, napkins etc.

Another object is to improve the clamping bars of the frame which cooperate with the movable clamping members to provide an additional space for the accommodation of a surplus material of the goods to be emhroidered.

And a further object is to so construct the holder to provide a space to accommodate the surplus material of the stocking when rolled up to expose the desired surface to be cn'ibroidered.

For the accomplishment of these and such further objects as will hereinafter be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this appertains, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications maybe resorted to which fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved holder showing a stocking held in place to be embroidered.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the movable clamping members.

Referring to the drawings the numerals 10 and 11 designate angle bars which define the sides of the fabric holder frame and which are joined at suitably spaced intervals by a plurality of combined clamping and goods receiving members 12 which preferably have a cross sectional contour as shown in Fig. 3 comprising a central U shaped portion 13, adapted toprovide a space for the surplus fabric 1 1, and a pair of parallel grooves 15 adapted to receive the parallel side members 23 of the movable clamping members. The members 12 are preferably bent to the desired shape from a suitable piece of sheet metal and the edges 17 thereof are slightly bent or rounded downwardly to prevent them from marking or tearing the fabric.

Secured along the angle barll are a plurality of apertured brackets 18 in which are rotatably mounted the movable clamping members designated generally by the numerals 19. These clamping members are preferably formed of suitable spring metal which is bent to form a pair of inwardly projecting ends 20 which are suitably joined together as by a small piece of metal tubing or pipe 21. The main portion of the clamping members 19 consists of a pair of parallel members 23 which a short distance from the angle bar 11 are bent upwardly and clownwardly as at 24 to form a clearance space into which the surplus fabric may be received as shown in Fig. 1. Adjacent the angle bar 11 each of the parallel members are curved upwardly to form a pair of downwardly open loops 22, the respective members of each pair being joined together by a horizontally extending portion 24* which passes through the aperture in its respective brackets 18.

Adjacent the angle bar 10 the parallel members 23 are bentilaterally as'at 25 and then inclined inwardly and finally parallel to the portions 25 to form a clamping surface 27. At suitable intervals along the angle bar a plurality of spring clips 28 are provided which are adapted to engage with the portions 25, and hold the movable members 19 in clamping engagement with the members 12.

The movable clamping members 19 are curved upwardly as indicated at 29 in Fig. 2 which is straightened out as shown to provide the requisite clamping tension when the members 19 are engaged under the spring clips 28.

Suitable buffing members such as the resilient rubber tubes 30 are placed upon the clamping members 19 at the requisite points where the resilient members contact with the fixed clamping members 12.

The operation of the device is as follows: A stocking which is to be embroidered with any desirable clockwork is rolled up as indicated at 31 in Fig. 1 and the rolled material placed in the clearance spaces provided by the loops 22 and the bent portion 24. It will be noted that the bent portions 24 and the loops 22 form in effect a pair of downwardly open recessed portions in which surplus folds of the material may be inserted, and the distance of the portions 24 from the loops 22 is such that when the top of a stocking is rolled up and placed within these recessed portions the top will be held in an open distended position so as to cX- pose the interior thereof. The movable clamping member is then pulled downwardly until the portions 25 are engaged by the spring clips 28, the side members 23 engaging in the grooves 15 and clamping the stocking securely in position as will be readily apparent. It will be understood that a plurality of stockings are placed upon the frame and after embroidering the upper part of the clockwork such as shown at 32, the rest of the clockwork is completed in another machine.

It will also be understood that other articles as well as stockings can be held by the clamping frame and that in einbroidering fiat work the surplus goods may be received in the central portion 13 as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A fabric holder for an en'ibroidery machine comprising a. frame having a plurality of stationary clamping members, and a plurality of movable clamping members hinged to said frame provided with transversely aligned downwardly open recessed portions to provide clearance spaces to receive surplus folds of the material to be embroidered.

2. A fabric holder for an embroidery machine comprising a frame having a plurality of stationary clamping members, and a plurality of movable clamping members hinged to said frame, said movable clamping members having a plurality of upwardly bent portions open at their lower ends to provide a means for holding the rolled up top of a stocking in an open distended position whereby a portion of the interior of the stocking will be exposed.

3. A fabric holder for an embroidery machine comprising a frame having a plurality of stationary clamping members, and a plurality of movable clamping members hinged to said frame, said movable clamping members having a plurality of upwardly curved l00ps adjacent one end of said members and a. plurality of upwardly bent portions spaced from said loops.

4. In a fabric holderfor an embroidery machine, the combination with a plurality of combined goods holding and clamping members having each a pair of parallel clamping grooves and a goods receiving portion intermediate said grooves, of a plu rality of resilient clamping members adapted to engage said grooves, said resilient clamping members provided with means to engage and hold the rolled up end of a stockmg in an open distended position with a.

portion of the stocking clamped between said clamping members.

5. A fabric holder for an embroidery machine comprising a frame having a plurality of stationary clamping members, and a plurality of movable clamping, members hinged to said frame, each of said movable clamping members being provided with longitudinally spaced downwardly open recessed portions, each of said recessed portions of each movable clamping member being in transverse alignment with a similar recessed portion of the adjacent movable clamping member whereby clearance space extending transversely of said clamping members is provided for the reception of surplus folds of the material being embroidered, and a plurality of spaced supporting points are provided by the side edges of said recessed portions.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 5th day of December A. D. 1921.

OSl/VALD ME YER. 

